Couple Thursday Quick Notes…

Nine coaches down, three to go for Blue Ribbon. The most interesting thing is that they are all feeling good about the season. Granted, it’s middle August and the fall semester has not started, but every single one has been upbeat, chatty, and downright happy.

Once we get a little closer to mid September, we’ll unveil season impressions. I grow increasingly unhappy with predictions–kind of like Captain’s Choice golf tournaments–so I really need to figure out how I want the preseason to play out.

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Worth monitoring: the news that Northeastern was going to host Utah State this November was “broken” by Matt Janning via Twitter. Now, I know for a fact that (as of yesterday) the contract didn’t have dry ink on it. But we all know in many cases the actual signature is a formality.

That’s not the point.

The aspect worth monitoring is how things just like this play out. Newspapers cannot possibly keep up with the flow of information, both in terms of what is news and its distribution.